Ivanka Trump on Trump Organization Investigation: It's Harassment 1:12
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Ivanka Trump, the daughter and adviser to the US president, was summoned Tuesday to give a statement to investigators from the Washington attorney general's office as part of her lawsuit alleging the misuse of funds. inaugural.
Trump's statement was revealed in a new court file.
In January, the Washington attorney general's office sued the Trump Organization and the Presidential Inauguration Committee alleging that they abused more than $ 1 million that the nonprofit raised by “overpaying” for the use of the space. for events at the Trump Hotel in Washington, for the inauguration in 2017.
Witness statements as part of the lawsuit have been carried out in recent weeks.
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Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee, was deposed on November 17, according to court records.
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The attorney general's office has also cited records for Barrack, Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump and Rick Gates, the former vice chair of the possession committee, according to the document.
According to the lawsuit, Gates "personally managed" the discussions with the Trump Hotel about the event space.
In December 2016, Gates wrote to Ivanka Trump that he was "a little concerned about the PIC's view of paying the Trump Hotel a high fee and the media made a great story," according to the demand.
According to the lawsuit, Gates agreed with the hotel's managing director and members of the Trump family to pay $ 175,000 per day for the committee to reserve space for four days.
The team's own event planner, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, advised against the transaction, telling the committee and the Trump family that the charges were at least twice the market rate, the suit read.
Wolkoff "noted his discomfort with the offer during an in-person meeting with President-elect Trump and Ivanka Trump," Racine said.
He also sent a follow-up email to both Ivanka Trump and Gates to "express [their] concern," according to the attorney general.
"The possession committee accepted the contract anyway," the lawsuit alleges.
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